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Information as of January 6, 2025

Public health risk assessment associated with the potential occurrence of zoonotic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b in Latin-American and the Caribbean – 6 November 2024|23 Dec 2024 |Pan American Health Organization
The purpose of this regional rapid risk assessment (RRA) is to assess the current public health risk associated with the introduction and expansion of zoonotic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b in birds and mammal species, in Latin-American and the Caribbean and it complements the Americas Region RRA published on 13 July 2024.

Rwanda begins countdown to declare Marburg outbreak over|09 November 2024|African Region
Rwanda has discharged the last Marburg virus disease patient, kicking off the mandatory 42-day countdown to declare the end of the outbreak. The country has reported no new confirmed cases since 30 October 2024.

Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria (previously undiagnosed disease)|27 December 2024|Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the absence of diagnosis, a broad surveillance case definition was used, with the resulting case numbers reflecting the detection of any febrile illness occurring in Panzi and thus representing a range of diseases and clinical syndromes. The case definition includes: any person living in the Panzi health zone from September 2024 to date, presenting with fever, cough, body weakness, runny nose, with or without one of the following symptoms and signs: chills, headache, difficulty breathing, malnutrition, body aches. This was done to better understand the epidemiology and characteristics of deaths and to collect a range of clinical samples for laboratory testing.